I came across a very interesting study by IFPRI "Pakistan Rural Household Panel Survey 2012 (Round 1)". It is interesting to me as an urban planner and student of transportation issues in Pakistan. The study mentions travel behavior of rural residents quite elegantly that shows how over the past five years mode choice of rural residents is varying across Pakistan. I paste a table data and a graph showing trend ( table 3.3 p.10) from the document for some commentary on travel behavior for moving from rural to urban areas.

Common Mode of Transport Within and Outside the Village in Pakistan

Shortly summarizing, travel behavior is moving towards 'personal automobile' oriented approach. Motorcycles replacing Bicycles and even 4 wheelers vehicles like Bus/Vans. While Car is not so common mode of travel, I am not surprised that three wheeler automobiles, probably Qingqi / Rickshaws are replacing Bullock carts in survey areas and becoming popular mode of travel with time for urban to rural commute. I have highlighted the use of bicycles and motorcycle in table as well. This report has some other data on distance to important land uses and services in rural areas, which i would highlight sometime later. I am waiting for this data actually, so that i could use it to measure accessibly and mobility in rural areas.

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